Definition of Next

2.adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.

Definition of Next

1. Adjective. Following in a sequence. ¹

2. Adjective. Being closer to the present location than all other items. ¹

3. Adjective. Nearest following (of date, time, space or order). ¹

4. Determiner. The one immediately following the current or most recent one ¹

5. Determiner. Closest to seven days (one week) in advance. ¹

6. Adverb. In a time, place or sequence closest or following. ¹

7. Adverb. On the first subsequent occasion, ¹

8. Preposition. On the side of; next to. ¹

9. Noun. The one that follows after this one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Next

1. coming immediately after; adjoining [adj]

Medical Definition of Next

1.
Of Nigh. [AS. Nhst, niehst, nhst, superl. Of neah nigh. See Nigh.
1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. "Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest." (Dryden) "Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way." (Bunyan)
2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. "None could tell whose turn should be the next." (Gay)
4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. "The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen." (Ruth II. 20)
Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered by many grammarians as a preposition. Next friend, one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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